Tag - Making a Living

Freelancing, work culture, and all the things nobody tells you about people who make a living writing sentences.

Ottawa, September 2026

Making a Living

ChatGPT Is Apologetic, Claude Is a Self-Righteous Ass, and Both Still Need a Human Translator

September 8, 2026

Toronto, June 2026

The Blogging Experience

My Blog Hit the Front Page of Hacker News (and It Was Weird)

June 16, 2026

Ottawa, June 2026

Making a Living

“Don’t You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?”

June 10, 2026

Ottawa, June 2026

Author Seeks Publisher

I Tried to Get Published… Then I Discovered Querying

June 5, 2026

Ottawa, June 2025

Making a Living

5 Details Worth Explaining About my Exciting Freelance Translator Life

June 9, 2025

Ottawa, 2023

Twenty Years in Canada

How to Ask For a Reference (And Give One!) in Canada

September 25, 2023

Ottawa, October 2022

Making a Living

Quick, Send Help – I Can’t “Quiet Quit”… I’m Self-Employed!

October 31, 2022

Long list of articles to translate, Ottawa, July 2022

Making a Living

8 Secrets of the Translation and Copywriting Industry

July 9, 2022

My original Canadian entry stamp

Twenty Years in Canada

The Working Holiday Visa Option to “Test” Canada Easily

September 17, 2019

Mark left this on my desk... (Ottawa, June 2019)

Making a Living

5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Life of a Freelance Translator

June 24, 2019